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High-risk behaviors while driving: A population-based study from Iran
- Source :
- Traffic injury prevention. 18(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Traffic injuries are becoming one of the most important challenges of public health systems. Because these injuries are mostly preventable, the aim of this study is to evaluate the four main high-risk behaviors while driving.This cross-sectional study was conducted on a random sample from the population of Mashhad, Iran, in 2014. A checklist and a previously validated questionnaire for the transtheoretical stages of change model (TTM) were used for data collection. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 11.5 software with P.05 statistically significant.Totally 431 individuals were included with a mean age of 30 ± 11.3 years. Forty-three percent (183) were male. The TTM model revealed that participants were mostly in pre-actional phases regarding not using a cell phone while driving (80%), fastening the driver's seat belt (66%), front seat belt (68%), and rear seat belt (85%) The penalty was a protective factor only for using cellphone (odd ratio [OR] = 0.82, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.68-0.98). Lower education (OR = 0.12, 95% CI, 0.01-0.94) and male gender (OR = 0.35, 95% CI, 0.14-0.83) were indicative of lower rates of fastening the front and rear seat belts.The stages of change model among study participants is a proper reflection of the effectiveness of the current policies. More serious actions regarding these high-risk behaviors should be considered in legislation.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Automobile Driving
Adolescent
Population
Protective factor
Poison control
Iran
Computer security
computer.software_genre
Occupational safety and health
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Risk-Taking
law
Surveys and Questionnaires
0502 economics and business
Injury prevention
Seat belt
Odds Ratio
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
education
050210 logistics & transportation
education.field_of_study
business.industry
05 social sciences
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Transtheoretical model
Seat Belts
Checklist
Cross-Sectional Studies
Research Design
Wounds and Injuries
Female
business
human activities
Safety Research
computer
Cell Phone
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1538957X
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Traffic injury prevention
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bc86443a9dc8899655b90739a098b03c